Pascal Cotat, Sancerre, Grande Cote

Underwhelming. Nose was muted, nice texture, almost Vatan-like, but fruit was lacking. Unsure what to think of it.

2017 vintage

super

2017 vintage

Tasting Ground official tasting, Francois Cotat vertical (Oinoscent) : Very upfront, powerful, fresh, green notes, peppery, capsicum, a bit warm, starts to shows some candied or overripe notes Palate follows the pattern, high acidity, very structured, showing depth. Runs you over like a truck ! Brilliant and youthful

2007 vintage

This is, unfortunately, still rather young with brooding grape-juice-components taking the centre stage. Nevertheless, this is an utterly compelling creation and I can't wait to drink a lot of their more mature bottles.

2007 vintage

This bottle tasted too floral, borderline soapy. Very intense perfume of Neruli. Others loved it, I was much less of a fan

2015 vintage

Plus accessible et ouvert que le 2015. Acidité +, légère touche d'agrume voir pamplemousse avec une structure bien présente. Beaucoup plus '' Frais '' et moins exotique que le 2015. Très bon vin simplement moins '' Cotat '' au style. Ca reste superbe et plus classique

2017 vintage

Amplitude des fruits exotiques, texture ample et légère chaleur en fin de bouche, acidité +, un vin complet, complexe et structuré. Exactement ce qu'on veut d'un bon cotat et ce qui le classe dans un style différent des autres producteurs de la région.

2015 vintage

Nez très puissant sur la fleur, les agrumes, la pomme, et la pâtisserie La bouche est puissante et grasse, beaucoup de matière et de concentration, l’acidité est bien présente! Des agrumes, des fruits blancs, de la tarte aux pommes, et encore des fleurs Belle finale sur le gros fruit, un brin acide, belle longueur Je suis mitigé sur ce vin, super ouvert et puissant mais l’acidité fini par m’énerver

2015 vintage

Medium lemon yellow. This is another outstanding bottle of this wine which shows that it is still climbing in quality. It needs time to open up, and then shows spinach, sweet herbs (tarragon, thyme and more), fresh grass, hay and candied lemon and lime. This feels restrained still and I expect this to improve more. Good weight - not heavy but rounded edges which have been filed away from an earlier and sharper version of this wine. I love this. …

2007 vintage

Burgund '21 + moden vin (Centropa, Oslo, Norway) : Moden duft av gul frukt og lanolin, et lite røykpreg og hint av mint. Moden og litt ubestemmelig smak, men vi kjenner melon og agurk. Rik stil med god kompleksitet og fylde.

2007 vintage

Had with Pettuses and Luces. Paired with tomato bisque then salmon. Lovely, but austere. Needs another 3-5 years in the cellar.

2017 vintage

Opened with Arturo and Claudia's first visit. Intended it for appetizers and first course but the 1995 Lafite pre-empted it. Beautiful pairing with tomato bisque but everyone went for the vino tinto (1989 La Tour Haut Brion with the main). Sigh. Freshness, acid. Will continue to improve with cellaring.

2017 vintage

Agree 100% Anenenbergs 5/9/23 notes.

2007 vintage

This is tasty and still young, quite vibrant and fresh. The nose features wet gravel, green almond, flint, dill, bitter melon, lemon pith, and ginger. It's medium bodied with round, smooth acid that drives a significant depth of flavor and a longish finish. Flavors include grapefruit, pomelo, white peach, pear, vanilla, and a slight dose of cream. Complex and deep, it's somehow also quite restrained. A sensational wine, I'd be curious to try it another five or seven years. It …

2007 vintage

Medium yellow, restrained bouquet but this was wonderful on the palate. Crisp, complex minerality with a deep citrus orchard undertow. Vibrant and long. Really complete wine - I am not a huge fan of Sauvignon Blanc in most cases but this was superb.

2007 vintage

Needs 5 years. Lean and mineral: pink peppercorn, grapefruit zest, chalk.

2017 vintage

Fut excellent. À point, délicieux. Aromes végétaux demeure en sous-plan, aspect minimalement fermier, bel équilibre. Savoureux et long. Très bien fait.

2015 vintage

Nez discret mais raffiné, sur des notes d’herbes fraîches, de menthe et de fruit exotique (lichi). La bouche témoigne d'un vin à maturité, voire qui a entamé doucement son déclin. Léger, tendre, avec une pointe de sucre résiduel. Peu concentré, il s’exprime en finesse, l’équilibre est irréprochable. Finale herbacée, harmonieuse et sympathique, de longueur respectable, saline. Il était encore meilleur après 90 minutes d'aération. Excellent dans le contexte d’un petit millésime. 90-91 pts

2007 vintage

Not what I expect from a sancerre. Very different. Strong taste, too strong for all of us that tasted it with sushis.

2015 vintage

lovely stuff. Sweeter than anticipated. But not your garden variety Sancerre at. all.

2015 vintage

This is the best Sancerre experiences I've had. It's a bit more advanced in its aging process than I would have imagined. The tart, crips notes have completely resolved but the subtle acidity keeps the structure in tact. The palate is savory, perhaps even a touch saline, but the orchard fruit remains long and it strikes a poignant pose on the finish. It gorgeous in the mouth, generous orchard fruit (apple/pear) and it's clearly from a warm vintage. There are …

2015 vintage

Slightly sweet, beautifully balanced, interesting structure and complexity, hint of exotic fruits. Impressive. We served this wine for lunch about 10 years ago, a different vintage of course, and that bottle was about 10 years old when we served it. It was much less impressive than this one. One often reads that Pascal Cotat wines will age for decades and should not be opened too soon, but my experience is that there is little reason to wait more than 5 …

2015 vintage

Deep straw; subtle tropical hints, restrained aromatics; dry, good extract, phenolic, 'big'; persistent. Drink now & next 5 years

2017 vintage

Excellent! Beaucoup de matière et de longueur. Meilleur après 2 jours au frigo, un vin immense. Saveurs de citron et melon miel. Bon achat. Entre dans sa phase d’ouverture tranquillement, encore bon sur 5-10 ans.

2015 vintage

This was a lovely bottle, In a great spot now. Matched perfectly to Vichyssoise/Smoked trout/Greenapple salsa.

2007 vintage

Vin difficile a cerner. Bu sur trois jours. Le premier, le nez etait fantastique, mais la bouche était assez muete.Un nez de sauternes, mais sec. Fruits exotique, mandarines, miel, fleurs. Le troisieme, cest mieux balance. Mandarines, fleur blanches, silex. Un style trop floral pour moi... se placera peut etre dans le temps

2017 vintage

Medium straw yellow color with a touch of greenish. Explosive and fascinating, with dark mineral notes, cassis, pineapple, citrus, goosesberries, but this is more driven by minerality and structure, also notes of chalk, wet flintstone, mint and some freshly cut grass. It‘s pretty full-bodied and intense, has high acidity cutting through the richness and a touch of warmth. Long finish with a hint of bitterness. A fascinating Sancerre from this great producer with excellent depth and layers of complexity. This …

2017 vintage

Stunningly good 13 years on. Light yellow color. Faint sweet grassiness shows the Sauvignon Blanc but it is elegant and reticent. Mint, honeysuckle, citrus with a glycerin mouthfeel. Good depth but overall a lightness combined with complexity and round body. I love this. You would never guess the age based on the color and flavors. Impressive.

2007 vintage

time has been good to this wine

2007 vintage

A private dinner (Restaurant Bareiss ***, Baiersbronn, Germany) : A perfect bottle - we were very fortunate, the sommelier was also exasperated by its variability. As fresh as a daisy, honeyed gooseberry and a hint of peach, firm but ripe acidity, gentle bitters, excellent resonance and length. Holds up well over the entire evening. Perfect in itself, could only be Cotat.

2007 vintage

allot of concentration here. Lots of citrus grapefruit taste with quite a bit of wet chalk....really young will take at least 5 or 6 years to come together ... expecting great things for this wine in the future ....time will tell

2017 vintage

I wasn’t that excited about this 5 years ago. Now a nice wine but difficult to say more than that. A bit of botrytis seemed to disappear after half a hour, then a good condition, mature mineral and restrained Sancerre. Classy but no fireworks.

2007 vintage

Forward nose of cut grass, spearmint and a floral element. On the palate, some citrus zest, apple and white florals, with a clean, long finish. Enjoyable, though I prefer the leaner and more precise Mont Damnes bottling from this producer. 14%abv.

2017 vintage

Fait exotique (fruits tropicaux) au nez. Le vin devenait meilleur au courant de la soirée. Le vin manque un peu de corps, mais la longueur est géniale. Beaucoup de plaisir à boire du Cotat!

2015 vintage

Un peu mou à ce stade-ci. Le vin devenait meilleur en meilleur avec l'air, la longueur est phénoménale, beaucoup de fruit tropicaux chauds. Je serais curieux de comparer cru pour cru, même millésime, lesd eux Cotat et Boulay, car cette bouteille nous a déçu un peu face à François, mais ca reste un QPR exeptionnel. Mon 2ième vin blanc de la soirée. 4/5

2015 vintage

Très sur les fruits tropicaux au nez. Un peu déçu de Pascal Cotat, ce n’est vraiment pas aussi bon que le François que nous avons bu l’an dernier. Pour moi il manque d’acidité. La longueur est vraiment bien par contre. En évoluant le côté trop exotique s’efface tranquillement et ça devient plus agréable. On dirait que la bouche doit s’habituer car c’est différent du reste. Regoûté en fin de soirée et c’est vraiment mieux. Petit côté sirupeux qui a embarqué.

2015 vintage

Still in perfect shape. Light in colour, Fresh blossom and lemon zest on the nose. A striking stony acidity which is in good balance with the soft en mouthfilling fruit. Full-bodied with a nice length.

2007 vintage

Fantastic wine, wasn't sure I was going to like it - but loved it. Dry with high (not overly) acidity. Still young and quite tight. Steely grapefruit,lime and hints of Gooseberry. Medium body and alcohol. No oak. Seems to me that it will age a long time and likely develop more richness and complexity. Think this will be a knock out in a few years.

2007 vintage

Excellent balance, elegant, nice green tones. Beautiful wine.

2015 vintage

Really liked this. Very crisp and refreshing and a nice pairing with food. Had with some crab and avocado and then a bit of pate as well. This had just hints of grassiness, but was more clean and a bit floral and just very light on its feet.

2015 vintage

Souper du retour des fêtes (Restaurant Prince (avec Vincent, Martin, Olivier et Franz)) : Nez intriguant de réglisse noire et de menthe, quelques notes de lime. Bouche minérale, pas d'exubérance, c'est envoûtant, intellectuel, complexe. Pas aussi profond que le 2005, mais d'une magnifique précision. 92-93 pts

2007 vintage

As usual, this is way too early too crack a bottle of this wine but everything is there to make a great Sancerre in 7-10 years. Shy at opening, not much on the nose and the palate, so give it some air if you decide to try one. After an hour, citrus, yellow apple, white grapefuit, jasmine tea, fresh coriander and iodine notes intermix with tactile mouthfeel and sharp acidity. Patience is required but 2015 vintage bring a certain richness …

2015 vintage

Wine needs oxigen. Also better not to serve it too cold. 10°C was even too cold. Nose: a little bit of petrol at first, then green apple and a hint of butter after whirling. Palate: same green apple in the mouth with stonefruit and a hint of grapefruit. Strange and funky finish though.

2007 vintage

Another interesting bottle of this wine. Citrusy yellow fruit / goldenrod with a piercing vein of minerality running right through the middle. There are ancillary notes of white cherries, baked pear, lemon, and a touch of ripe grapefruit wrapped up in a precise, brassy package. Finishes medium plus and leaves some lingering youthful tones of lemon and pink grapefruit. This is good, but doesn't demonstrate the depth that I found in the 2006 earlier this year. Very Good - Drink …

2007 vintage

In great shape. Light yellow in color. Fresh citrus-led fruit with clear mineral on nose. Bright zesty palate with stoney acidity, yet with a nice fruit weight that emerges midpalate. Chose to match with chèvre and roasted garlic and it was just perfect.

2007 vintage

My first bottle of Cotat. Youthful wine, slightly wierd nose, mineral, smoky, slight fruit and a hint of botrytis? Taste was of a rather modest and lean Sauvignon. Perhaps drunk too young, but I couldn't get excited over this bottle.

2007 vintage

A private dinner (Restaurant Ciel Bleu **, Amsterdam, NL) : Attractive nose, well-defined, relatively fresh and vegetal for Cotat, ripe fruit, slightly honeyed, wonderful mineral depth; the palate is balanced, again marrying the usual Cotat calm and ripeness with more lifted flavours and juicy acidity, excellent fruit of cantaloupe melon and blackcurrant; very good length.

2007 vintage

Nice and full bodied with apricots, orange zest, some grapefruit, petrol. Strangely mature, it seems high time that this be drunk, I would have thought this lasts much longer.

2007 vintage

Paglierino con più chiaro e luminoso del soave, naso di uva spina, pompelmo bianco, leggera nota verde, di pisellini e asparagi, che aiuta leggermente ad identificare il vitigno. In bocca si dirige dritto verso la gola senza tentennamenti, freschissimo e sapido, di polpa ce n'è, non è affatto un vino magro, ma in questa fase o in quest'annata fresca rimane dietro le quinte. Di sicuro avvenire.

2007 vintage

Lovely wine, and finally starting to lose some of the biting acidity it showed 6 months ago. Still very mineral and nicely acidic, but with a softness that make it more approachable. Lemon, floral, and mineral flavors. Very impressive wine and one of the better Sancerre I have had. I like Sancerre, but some of them seem a bit simple. This one is not.

2007 vintage

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